James Hall
Jimmy
played the bass
Until
recently, the details
of Jimmy's early life were sketchy. However, on January 15 2002, thanks
to the tireless efforts of Scotland Yard and the miracle of DNA, some
light was shed on his infancy.
New
evidence confirmed Jimmy
as the lost son of Hong Kong business czar Montgomery Hall. It seems
that following a daring Central District daylight abduction in 1976, he
was taken to mainland China. When ransom demands weren't met, he was
sent to the Gobi desert where exiled Wudan Kung Fu masters raised him.
Jimmy
recalls that his
Masters instructed him from a very early age in the art of Wudan Kung
Fu, the marital arts, and the ancient rites of the criminal underworld.
When he came of age at 12, he was unleashed on the unsuspecting Hong
Kong Triads. Within two years his ascent was nearly complete, the only
obstacle being the elusive and deadly criminal mastermind General Chang.
While
the exact details are
unknown due to an unprecedented United Nations gag order, it appears
that at this point Jimmy enlisted the help of the mercenary group
Robins Egg whose political attaché was none other than a 12
year
old Dave "Hollywood" Nugent, the virtuoso rock producer.
The
two arranged to meet in
a Honolulu back alley situated in the heart of the city's toughest
"quartier." We're all aware that had certain Sam Roberts chosen not to
duck into the very same alleyway, he would never have been beaten by
Jimmy's right hand man Vincent Liu and never learned to rock and roll.
But the incident also impacted Jimmy. For some inexplicable reason, the
young criminal overlord was instantly plagued with remorse for all his
wrongdoings. His teachers had prepared him for this affliction, known
to them as gil ti, but he couldn't withstand its consistency. Within a
year Jimmy had given up his crusade against General Chang, leaving
crime behind in favor of teaching his incredibly unresponsive fingers
to play bass.
Nothing
was heard of him
until August 2002, when he contacted Sam. "It was like there was
something guiding my hands, I can't figure out why I called and how I
knew the phone number. We talked and both of us realized that that day
in Honolulu had changed both of our lives forever." By the end of the
conversation he was booked on a flight to Montreal and within days was
jamming with the band. "I couldn't believe my eyes when I walked in and
saw "Hollywood" Nugent strapped to a guitar, it was Rock and Roll
destiny."
